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Letters: Phonics alone won’t get California’s kids reading
Glorifying consumption | Life of privation | Safeguard bees. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for June 20, 2025.
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Letters: Phonics alone won't get California's kids reading - East Bay Times
Submit your letter to the editor via this form.Read more Letters to the Editor.. Phonics alone won’tget kids reading. Re: “Far too many California children can’t read” (Page A7, June 17 ...
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Letters to the Editor: Readers applaud the return of phonics, but teaching reading shouldn’t stop there - Los Angeles Times
5. There is no single effective teaching strategy. We have to use them all. Diana Wolff, Rancho Palos Verdes.. To the editor: I am so happy that phonics will be a focus in California schools again ...
Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes
California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.
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Teachers, parents raise concerns of a literacy crisis in the Berlin school district
Roughly 70% of elementary school students in Berlin aren’t reading at their grade level. Some teachers are saying that’s ...
Letters: Valley Water’s plan for Pacheco Dam is out of date
Against this backdrop, Dan Walters of CalMatters, in his June 11 column, chose to characterize the recent sparring between ...
The Press Democrat5dOpinion
PD Editorial: California schools should adopt science of reading
Too many of California’s children cannot read. Schools must do things differently to change that, and they should start with ...
Peterborough Telegraph on MSN1d
Primary school in Peterborough awarded for its phonics education programme
A primary school in Peterborough has been awarded for its phonics teaching – helping young pupils to learn the sounds of ...
Pennsylvania Capital-Star3dOpinion
Dear Carter, we need to do everything we can to make sure your future is bright
Require every teacher, regardless of grade level or content area, to receive evidence-based training in the science of ...
After harming millions of students, California finally embraces phonics
Few decisions a society makes are as consequential as how it teaches children to read. Children who can’t read proficiently ...
The Odd Over the Obvious
Most of the fellow professors I spoke with about this were horrified by how often students now can and do let A.I. write ...